Broken Tackle. Artist: Sir Hubert von Herkomer (British, Waal, Bavaria 1849-1914 Budleigh Salterton, Devon). Dimensions: Plate: 5 13/16 × 11 11/16 in. (14.7 × 29.7 cm)Sheet: 6 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (17.2 × 31.4 cm). Date: 1891.This view includes a young man holding a fishing rod near a large tree in the foreground, an expanse of river at right, and distant buildings on the opposite bank. Originally from Bavaria, Herkomer's family moved briefly to America then settled in England in 1857. Despite early poverty, the young artist achieved success as a painter, watercolorist, and illustrator and also worked as an etcher and mezzotint engraver. He became a Royal Academician in 1890, then joined the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, and taught at Oxford as Slade Professor of Art between 1885 and 1894. As a printmaker, Herkomer mastered a range of techniques and "Broken Tackle" demonstrates his delight in the expressive potential of etching. Museum: Metropolitan Museum